I've been into fish and home aquariums since I was a kid. My dad always had a nice tank when I was growing up with all different kinds of fish. Oscars at one point, Gold Severns and Angle Fish at others.

I've breed a few different kinds. Angles, cherry barbs and sword tails. It was fun but no money in it on a small scale tho.

Now I just have my 55 gallon that im working on. 40 tetras a few catfish and a pleco. All live plants with a canister filter and a CO2 system diffused through a powerhead.

Before I moved I had the tank looking like you took a chunk of riverbead and placed it in your front room. Now its back to square one.

I used to have a small tank but I never really got into breeding and doing the necessary maintenance to keep it clean.

My brother was really into it. He had like a 10 gallon tank. He tried to breed oscars for a while but with no success. He fought his oscars and talked about it with great enthusiasm. Did you do that too?

He's been known to cure narcalepsy by just walking into a room. His orgin donation card list his beard. He is a lover not a fighter but he's also a fighter so don't get any idea's he is SpiderSilva I'm the baddest man alive

I have several fish tanks. Mostly South American cichlids. Be careful it is addictive, I have 8 setups running right now. I have not had much luck with planted tanks, they are a lot of work. If I cut back to a tank or two Im sure I could pull it off. I have made DIY co2 systems but never got serious with it. If you get a pleco make sure you get Bristlenose or it will get huge and eat your plants. I had a 75g with a couple schools of tetras and tiger barbs but about a year ago they died while I was on vacation. I am itching to get an other school of tiger barbs and will probably do so this week. I use playground sand or landscape pebbles for substrate to save money (just wash really well). Also I get my rocks and driftwood from nature, I prefer the natural look to the neon blue and pinks a lot of pet stores sell.

I have several fish tanks. Mostly South American cichlids. Be careful it is addictive, I have 8 setups running right now. I have not had much luck with planted tanks, they are a lot of work. If I cut back to a tank or two Im sure I could pull it off. I have made DIY co2 systems but never got serious with it. If you get a pleco make sure you get Bristlenose or it will get huge and eat your plants. I had a 75g with a couple schools of tetras and tiger barbs but about a year ago they died while I was on vacation. I am itching to get an other school of tiger barbs and will probably do so this week. I use playground sand or landscape pebbles for substrate to save money (just wash really well). Also I get my rocks and driftwood from nature, I prefer the natural look to the neon blue and pinks a lot of pet stores sell.

I feed my pleco bottom feeder discs so it doesn't really touch my plants. I used to have a breaded pair of Jack Dempsey's that would push all the gravel to the front and uproot the plants so after they died I went with tetras because they're awesome in a school and the don't do any damage.

The one thing I can say about a well established planted tank is after you get it going its pretty self sufficient. You just gotta add the micro and macro nutrients once or twice a week and do a mild water change here and there

I had a 45 Gallon Salt Water setup, a few years back, I bought as a complete setup off a friend. It was awesome, but the way he told me to take care of it, wasn't enough to keep it going, sadly lost everything but the live rock. I would love to get it going again, the right way. My goal is to learn how to maintain a salt water tank, then upgrade to a 200 Gall. so I could get a shark.

I had a 45 Gallon Salt Water setup, a few years back, I bought as a complete setup off a friend. It was awesome, but the way he told me to take care of it, wasn't enough to keep it going, sadly lost everything but the live rock. I would love to get it going again, the right way. My goal is to learn how to maintain a salt water tank, then upgrade to a 200 Gall. so I could get a shark.

That would be bad ass, I have a puffer fish in a 10g brackish tank. That is as close to saltwater as I have gone.

I feed my pleco bottom feeder discs so it doesn't really touch my plants. I used to have a breaded pair of Jack Dempsey's that would push all the gravel to the front and uproot the plants so after they died I went with tetras because they're awesome in a school and the don't do any damage.

The one thing I can say about a well established planted tank is after you get it going its pretty self sufficient. You just gotta add the micro and macro nutrients once or twice a week and do a mild water change here and there

Ya I have had a breeding pair of Jacks also, they are pretty destructive. My newest prized possession is a Madagascar Cichlid (Stary night). I have 1 in a 55g by himself, Ill try to get a picture or video of him up here because he is a good looking fish.